ears old.A lot of stores are having workshops to assemble
your own bouquet.You can go in a couple of days before your wedding with your
bridesmaids
Mother
of the Bride Dresses , assemble your flowers, and shave off 25 to 30 per
cent of the cost.All they ask is that you buy the flowers with them, and the
vessels.They do check up on you to make sure you leave with nice arrangements,
but you’re doing a lot of the labour yourself.On July 22, Confessions of a
Thrifty Bride is hosting the first of three Bridal Bazaars, where brides can
purchase everything required to create the perfect wedding on a budget directly
from vendors.The bazaars will be held at The Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel
Smith Drive in Toronto.Wikipedia’s woman problemAccording to Wikipedia’s 2011
Editor Survey, just 9% of Wiki editors are women.and the proportion of new
editors who are women is rising, the crowdsourced online encyclopedia remains a
boys’ club.the annual Wikimedia confab, held this year in Washington,
D.co-founder Jimmy Wales took a question from the audience about the persistent
gender gap.One contributing factor, he said, was topic bias.A pillar of
Wikipedia is that a subject must meet a level of import to warrant an
article.But the community’s geek-coloured glasses mean that they may
overestimate the value of some articles and underestimate that of
others.virtually no impact on the broader culture, but we think that’s perfectly
fine.despite significant cultural impact.Wales gave the example of Kate
Middleton’s wedding gown.The day of the royal wedding, a Wikipedia article about
the dress was flagged for deletion.Wedding dress of ’ as an article in an
encyclopedia?one user complained.It wasn’t only men who wanted the article
nixed.LOL, my thoughts exactly.Will there be an article on her shoes, too?The
day after the wedding, Wales weighed in, contending that they should keep the
article because of the dress’ presumable long-term effect on fashion.In his
comments, he drew the same parallel to Linux distributions.He likes that
comparison a
lot.Furthermore
Hot
Flower Girl Dresses , he said, they should have items on other famous
dresses as well.to be facile at best and insulting at worst.way to remedy the
gender gap, there are other examples of male bias creeping in.used Smithsonian
records to create new articles on under-recognized female historical figures.and
after the decision was made to leave them both intact, one was nominated
again.The figure in question: Helen M.Duncan, a paleontologist and geologist who
worked in the mid-20th century.Stierch rallied the troops, and the article
remains available.After all, as she points out, if you’re notable enough to be
in the Smithsonian archives, chances are you’re notable enough for Wikipedia.But
just getting women to sign up as editors isn’t enough.On average, female editors
make fewer changes to articles than male editors.And while women enjoy in-person
edit-a-thons like the one at the Smithsonian, Stierch says that afterward, they
frequently don’t continue to be active online.In an attempt to replicate the
success of a more social atmosphere, Stierch has been working on a project
called the Teahouse, which is meant to be a collegial, encouraging space for new
editors.are more popular among women.The move to a visual editor on Wikipedia
may help, too.Ada co-founder Mary Gardiner gave the Wikimania keynote before
Wales’ Q A started.I’ve never been a Wikipedia editor.The community struck me as
uninviting and legalistic.But now I’m reconsidering.A year and a half to plan a
picture-perfect beach wedding?Try a week and a half.laughs newlywed Laura
Simpson, a principal at lifestyle publicity firm Empire PR (their clients
include Peroni, Roots and Triluxe Apparel), who married South African ex-pat
Brett Fyfer in the spring.Pinterest to the rescue!It wasn t meant to happen this
way.Leisurely, Simpson started gathering inspiration for her nuptials on
Pinterest when she first got engaged in
mid-January
2016
New Flower Girl Dresses , creating a board at her sister Fiona s page.The
virtual Wedding Ideas pinboard she started was soon populated with twine-wrapped
antique jars, burlap table runners and knotty barnboard interiors moodily lit
with fairy lights.the elements were rustic with that modern feeling.And all that
pinning played a crucial role when their plans changed.she recalls, but nothing
was available.Fyfer, who hoped for something on a beach.Then in mid-April,
Simpson s brother decided to visit Toronto from New Hampshire with her four
nieces in tow, before relocating to Colorado.He couldn t come back in the
fall.So without a single confirmed booking, Simpson and Fyfer decided to just do
it: they had 9 days notice.she says of their spontaneous I Dos.and they were on
sale!Their little bows inspired the overall colour scheme of red mixed with
aqua, a classic combination with a Forties farmhouse feel.cor throughout the
space refers back to the polka-dots on Fyfer s red Ben Sherman tie, which in
turn tie in with the beaded icing details on the otherwise simple white wedding
cake.On the morning of their big day, the couple took the ferry across to
Toronto Island and loaded up a wagon fitted with a wicker basket to set
everything up.Part of keeping the ceremony and reception manageable was keeping
it small.well, 22, if you count the couple s Ganaraskan, Ozzy ( our best man )
who sported a snazzy J.Lindeberg bow tie for the occasion.There was no time for
a bridal party, or for second-guessing.Every day we had to make ten
decisions.That also included finding an available makeup artist to achieve the
perfect natural but polished look.over at Imabeautygeek.trompe l oeil
embroidered ribbon and for menu and embellishing the ferry tickets bundle they
gave each guest, stationery scavenged, along with pinking shears, from Mom s
scrapbooking supplies; there were decorative paper straws (for similar styles,
try Omiyage.ca) and embossed old-fashioned canning jars decorated with patterned
fabric to hold the retro dime store candy, bubbles and other trinkets they
had.